Registers and Records : 1794-1967.

Call Number: HIL-MICL FC LCR .O5A5N5R4
Category: Church
Creator: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario).
Description: 2 microfilm textual records (12 volumes) ; 35 mm
Background:
            The Presbyterian congregation of Newark (Niagara) was founded in 1791, in a town that was the Capital of Upper Canada from 1792-1796. A meeting house was constructed in 1792 and a church was completed in 1795. A school was opened in 1802 and was the only building on the site to survive the destruction of the Town in the War of 1812-1814.  The present church was built in 1831, and with the exception of recent restoration, it remains unaltered in design.            
Contents:
            The collection was microfilmed in two parts, each with its own reel. The first reel contains later registers and several volumes of miscellaneous records. These include:
  • The Confession of Faith of the Church of Scotland for the Elders Lists, 1830 and 1879
  • A catalogue of the church library, 1833
  • Records of library loans, 1833-1861
  • Record of electric lights, 1893-1904
  • Marriage registers, 1905-1967
  • Minutes of congregational meetings, 1910-1930
The second reel contains the earlier registers and records of the congregation which were released after microfilming had begun. Included are:
  • Minutes of congregational meetings; lists of trustees and pew holders; financial statements; register of Christians at Newark (including birth date information, parentage, abodes, occupations, and the names of the heads of household), 1792-1795, 1801-1802, 1809, 1814; and registers, 1794-1909
  • A register of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1830
  • Register of St. Andrew's Sabbath School, 1856-1884
  • Minute book, Niagara Auxilliary Bible Society, 1851-1923
  • Minute book, Niagara Branch [Canadian] Bible Society, 1924-1967
Originals: The original records are held by St. Andrews' Presbyterian Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
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Finding Aids:
            The Table of Contents has been microfilmed at the beginning of the reel and has also been included in this catalogue record; also as a PDF in the electronic finding aid section.            
Electronic Finding Aid Record: Intro_St-Andrews-Presbyterian_Registers-Records.pdf
Contents_St-Andrews-Presbyterian-Niagara_Registers-Records.pdf
Notes:

Publication Note: See chapter 4 of Capital Years: Niagara on the Lake, 1792-1796 for more historic background.

A more detailed description of the Registers and Records of this congregation can be found in RG 5 Series I-III and RG 2 Series III (1) of the following Inventory: White, Peter G. comp. Records of Niagara: Inventory. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario: Niagara Historical Resource Centre, 1979 (HIL-MICGDL FC3095 .N45 W55 1979).
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